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System Options under z/OS

PARMCARDS= System Option: z/OS



Specifies the file reference to use as the PARMCARDS file.
Default: SASPARM
Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, System Options window
PROC OPTIONS GROUP= ENVFILES
z/OS specifics: valid values for fileref
See: PARMCARDS= System Option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Syntax
Details

Syntax

PARMCARDS=fileref

fileref

specifies the file reference of the file to be opened.


Details

The PARMCARDS= system option specifies the file reference of a file that SAS opens when it encounters a PARMCARDS statement in a procedure.

In SAS 9.2, if you specify the PARMCARDS= system option when you invoke SAS or in a configuration file, you can use the command-line alias PRMCARDS.

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